Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -8

THE HERMITAGE FOUNDATION UK

The Hermitage Foundation UK are a support group dedicated to working outside Russia for the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and promoting the Hermitage and Russian culture abroad.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/22		£14	£98	£-85	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/10/21		£465	£144	£320	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/10/20		£265	£186	£79	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/10/19		£578	£437	£141	£6	£3,338	£653	17.9	10	0
31/10/18	*	£688	£261	£427	£2	£3,130	£723	33.2	0	1
31/10/17	*	£668	£389	£279	£1	£2,801	£335	10.4	0	0
31/10/16		£577	£203	£374	£4	£2,419	£475	28.1	0	0
31/10/15		£1,930	£297	£1,633	£24	£1,868	£129	5.2	0	0
31/10/14		£79	£104	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£120	£159	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£447	£367	£79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£633	£761	£-127	£277	£220	£220	3.5	1	0
31/10/10		£344	£287	£57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£381	£342	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08		£502	£413	£89	£112	£252	£33	1	1	0
31/10/07		£101	£105	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06		£104	£56	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05		£48	£24	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£163	£68	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

www.hermitagefoundation.co.uk

info@hermitagefoundation.co.uk

02074047780

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Russia, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

MARQUESS OF CHOLMONDELEY Appointed: 2014

CAROLINE DE GUITAUT LVO Appointed: 2019

CHRISTOPHER NEIL JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee

GUY EDWARD MARTYN VESEY Appointed: 2020

JONATHAN YARKER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee

ADRIAN DAVID SASSOON Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Art Dealer, Other trusteeship: H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST,

PROFESSOR BRIAN FRANCIS ALLEN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Art Historian Administrator, Other trusteeships: MODERN ART PRESS, THE BRITISH SPORTING ART TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2003, number: 1100096
Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2003, number: 04766258

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Paying staff
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 115 days late, AR17: 60 days late,

Main office

THE HERMITAGE FOUNDATION UK
CHARLTON HOUSE
5A BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
WC1A 2TA

Objectives

1 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM OF ST PETERSBURG (THE HERMITAGE) IN RESPECT OF ITS ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE HERMITAGE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME CARRY OUT AS A MUSEUM, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATION, REBUILDING OR RENOVATION OF THE HERMITAGE;2 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND ORGANISING LECTURES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, COURSES, EXCHANGES AND EXHIBITIONS IN RESPECT OF THE ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE HERMITAGE AND BY ORGANISING TOURS OF THE HERMITAGE AND ITS EXHIBITS AND COLLECTIONS;3 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM AND RUSSIA

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